Festival guide
Vasant Panchami 2022
वसंत पंचमी
Vasant Panchami heralds the arrival of spring and is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the deity of knowledge, music, and arts.
Ended
- Date
- Sat, 5 February 2022
- Main muhurat
- Saraswati Puja Muhurat · 6:39 am – 12:12 pm
Plan the day
Good times and times to avoid
· Varanasi time (IST)
Auspicious windows
- Abhijit Muhurat44m
- Brahma Muhurta52m
- Amrit Kalam1h 37m
Times to avoid
- Dur Muhurta44m · Overlaps the Saraswati Puja Muhurat
- Dur Muhurta44m · Overlaps the Saraswati Puja Muhurat
- Rahu Kaal1h 23m · Overlaps the Saraswati Puja Muhurat
- Yama Gandam1h 23m
Sun and moon
- Sunrise
- 6:39 am
- Sunset
- 5:45 pm
- Moonrise
- 9:35 am
- Moonset
- 9:51 pm
The festival day's almanac
Panchang for Sat, 5 February
- Tithi
- Panchami, then Shashthi
- Nakshatra
- Uttara Bhadrapada
- Yoga
- Siddha
- Karana
- Bava
- Paksha
- Shukla
- Masa
- Magha
- Tithi
- PanchamiFrom Until Then Shashthiuntil
- Nakshatra
- Uttara BhadrapadaFrom Until
Choghadiya, day and night
Day
- KaalAvoid
- ShubhGood
- RogAvoid
- UdvegAvoid
- ChalNeutral
- LabhGood
- AmritGood
- KaalAvoid
Night
- LabhGood
- UdvegAvoid
- ShubhGood
- AmritGood
- ChalNeutral
- RogAvoid
- KaalAvoid
- LabhGood
The story
Vasant Panchami: significance and rituals
Yellow is the color of the day, symbolizing the mustard fields of spring.
Rituals
Wear yellow clothes. Perform Saraswati Puja — place books, instruments, and pens near the idol. Offer yellow flowers and sweets. In Bengal, this day marks Saraswati Puja with elaborate pandals.
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